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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe don't need no stinkin' masks!
That seems to be the attitude.
Microsoft News Poll: Do you think the CDC should recommend that the general public wear face coverings in public?
Yes 48%
Possibly 29%
So why arent people wearing them?
Example: I had a physical therapy appointment yesterday at a facility run by the local hospital. All staff members wearing masks. Total of 3 patients; I was the only one masked.
Since neither of us had been into town for about 5 days, I stopped at Walmart to pick up a few essentials. I was wearing my N95 mask and had a bottle of hand sanitizer in my pocket. Employees at the door were sanitizing cart handles, but in the entire store, I only saw one employee with a mask, and only 2 other masked customers, one improvising with a bandana. And maintaining distance was difficult.
Maybe the fact that our SW corner of New Mexico has zero confirmed cases gives people a false sense of security. But why take chances? And what about the hoarders who bought up all the masks? Are they actually wearing them?
SWBTATTReg
(22,125 posts)anything, you might save a life.
El Mimbreno
(777 posts)superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)I see idiots moving about freely with no gloves, masked, distancing...
Hotler
(11,424 posts)Lots of instructions and patterns online to make your own. Or improvise with a folded bandana, like the guy I saw. Not perfect, but better than nothing.
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)... you're sick, or you're taking care of someone who's sick. WHO isn't recommending that everyone wears a mask outright.
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks
Where there are no masks and you feel like you need to wear one, bandana will work. Whole idea is to prevent the droplets from coughs and sneezes from getting out to the world and for same to get into you.
So if I were to take part in that poll, I would say "possibly". If one feels safer wearing a mask, go ahead. It doesn't hurt...